Haltom High School - Buffalo Yearbook (Haltom City, TX)

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LET-DOWNS Hzdlhappenedcur He lool-red lil-re o walking buffet By Sharon Pelzel Brisk chimes of the alarm clock aroused him to the thought of a new day. He rolled over and grabbed the clattering machine and slung it across the room. Guts of its insides covered the floor, but he didn't notice, because he was back to snoring. Forty-five minutes later, a hor- rible nightmare sent him hurling through the air. Catching a glimpse of the sun, he shot out of bed, but he happened to step out on the wrong side. As he stepped in the shower, the last drop of hot water hit his back, and with it came an ice blizzard. He shivered through a quick shower. After drying off, he grabbed the blow dryer. llalf of his hair was partly dry when sparks shot out from all ends of the dryer. There was no time to worry about that, so he hurried back to get dressed. Not noticing what he was doing, he put his shirt on inside out. Ile then yanked on his overalls, grabbed his books and rushed out the door. On the way to school, he saw that his fuel gauge was sitting on empty. He pulled into a gas station and put in 55 dollars worth LD: .ilf gallonsj, which happened to be his lunch money. By now he was really running late. Not watching the speed limit, he cruised himself right into a ticket. The officer claimed he was going 40 in a 20 mile-per-hour zone, but that was thought to have been exaggerated. Finally, he made it to school. As he ap- proached his locker, he realized that someone had put a lock on it. Waiting for the lock cut- ters in the office, he, being exhausted leaned against the freshly painted wall. Now he walk- ed down the hall carrying the lock cutters, shirt inside-out and a white streak of paint down his back side. After getting the lock off, he returned the cutters to the office and went to class, late. The class was told to open their books to page 37. He then realized that he had the wrong book. When he returned with the right one, page 57 looked like a piece of bread crust, no insides. As a result of this, he was told he had to pay 510.80 for a totally uninteresting history book. The bell ending first period finally rang. When he got to his locker and opened it, he was flooded with an ocean of spirals, folders and books. After getting his fingers stepped on trying to pick everything up, he took off for se- cond period. On the way, he heard a group of girls laughing and pointing at him. One of them asked him if he was trying to set a new fashion trend. He looked down at his shirt and realized what he had done. Blushing as he did so, he explained the situation to his teacher and then went to the restroom. As he was rehooking his overalls after fixing his shirt, he discovered that one ofthe straps had been dangling in the toilet and was wet. He went back to second period, miserable. By now he was getting pret- ty tired, so he dozed off during the lecture. When the bell rang ending second, nobody woke him up. Eventually, the clamor of shuffling feet and shouts from the hall woke him up. He went to homeroom, and looking out the window, noticed that it was drizzling. By the end of homeroom, it was pouring, and crashes of thunder led a person to believe the school was falling apart, He sauntered to third period and hoped nothing else would go wrong. About halfway through the period, an an- nouncement from the loud speaker explained that a car was parked in reserved cosmetology parking lot and must be moved. The car hap- pened to be his, but his teacher didnt believe him. After a second proclamation with a threat of towing it away, she let him go. His new parking place happened to be located about ii mile away from the school. As soon as he shut the door, he realized he had just created for himself another headache. His only set of keys remained in safety inside the car. lt was too late to do anything about it now, and furthermore he was standing in the middle of a fierce thunderstorm. Because of these things, he decided to go back to class and try to forget about it, for a while anyway. When he reached the school, drenched, third period was over, so he went to lunch. As he entered the lunchroom, he remembered that he had no lunch money. Dressed for the occasion in his soaked, paint- stained clothes and miserably expressioned face, he nagged his best friend into lending him 31. After getting his food, he hunted around the cafeteria trying to locate a chair. Eventually he found one and began eating. During a rambunctious conversation, he hap- pened to tip his tray, drink and all. He then looked like a walking buffet - covered with a mixture of chocolate milk, spaghetti, peas and banana pudding. He again made his presence known to the restroom, trying to clean up as much as possible. From there he went to his locker and then to fourth period. On the way he felt a drop of water on his head. The hall ceiling was leaking again. During fourth, his migraine headache developed into a medley of drums, cymbals and all. He asked everyone in the room if they had any Aspirin but had to settle for Pamperin instead. On the way to his locker after fourth, he stopped to get a coke. Ile put the money in fthey went up to 40 centsj and pushed the Coke button but was given Hi-C Lemonade instead. He went on to his locker and then to fifth period. During fifth, he was informed that the law for drinking was in the process of being chang- ed to 19 years of age. just a few days before this, he had turned 18. After an hour of solid writing, fifth period ended. The route to sixth period went all right until he sat down and remembered he had a test and a onday didn't study for it. ln the middle ofthe test, his pen ran out, and just like his luck, nobody had one that he could borrow. He turned in the test incomplete, and shortly after that, the bell rang. Remembering he had locked his keys in the car, he called someone to pick him up. On the way out, he tripped down the stairs and fell flat on his face. When he reached home, he tried to forget that that day ever existed. A let-down, speaking from experience, is an unanticipated fall from hope, Csome ex- periences are more severe than othersj. We all expect and take for granted the ease at which we as human beings function with reasonable amount of coordination. Day to day simple and monotonous routine becomes a disaster and we want to end our life iight then and there. Life is full of let-downs under the category of despair and depression. The word depres- sion has a sense of fatality in sound, but it is only a chug hole on the road to reasoning life itself. Everyone experiences let-downs and they should open their eyes to the always untimely occurances and realize the downs have just as much importance as the ups in life. Op- timistically or pessimistically it is the truth. hx Y. ..... S V SAT? - se -: f: . i i f i ,..:..:ea hgh 1, a tree t

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SAFETY Fire destro s Moffatt house Precautions display drills, rails, Classes While Mrs. Pauline Moffatt was returning from a ten-minute trip to her daughter's house a 15 MPH northerly wind swept flames over the entire roof. Fire Chief David Rainey determined the flames started by a hot pan of grease and crept into the vent over the stove. Although all was lost on November 14, Pauline and husband Pat, city manager, took a positive look at the fire. They were thank- ful all the family were safe and none of the sparks caught their neighbors' homes on fire. The faculty members gave a necessity shower to replace linens and other house- hold supplies. A collection of canned goods and other condiments were gathered by homemaking teacher, Mrs. Billye Sommer- meyer. Most all clubs donated money from their funds or took a collection for the recre- ating of a home. Over 31000 plus various household items were given to Mrs. Moffatt from the school. While waiting for the house to be rebuilt, they lived in an apartment. The Moffatts rebuilt on the same location of their resi- dence of seven years. On the other hand, at school safety pro- jects were going on throughout. The admin- istration had all teachers post rules and maps of where to go and what to do for tornados and fires. The Student Council conducted two fire drills. The members helping each had a sta- tion in the hall to check to make sure the classes left the school properly and safely. The members reported back to the main office when all was cleared. Tornado drills were not conducted. Several areas of school were interested in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation CCPRJ. Mrs. Dorothy Rains and Miss Doris Bridwell's Biology II classes took CPR from VHOE teacher Lilian Porter and student Sharon Hall. For one week the classes learned the procedures of CPR and signals of cardiac arrest. At the end of the week, the students l took a test which they had to make an 85 or better to pass. If they passed, they received cards that they had taken a Basic Life Sup- port course. VHOE also offered CPR classes during third period at school. David Queen, a certif- ied Emergency Medical Technician, taught the class to both faculty and students. Partic- ipants also took the CPR test. Mrs. jan Edwards made a 100. To make the parking lot safer, student body President, Roger Watkins, called the administration to have the glass cleaned up in the front lot. Now that this was done, he tried to get them to do something about the chugholes. Well, these never got filled. Walking by the band pit in the auditorium could be hazardous for some. A cafeteria lady, while waiting to have her picture taken, fell into the pit because she did not know it dropped off. After the incident, rails were requested but never were received. nw A A Jus l l --1 l While the American flag was still being flown for the hostages, Pauline Moffatt's, secretary, house was swept over with flames. The house was gutted and rebuilt inside the same walls.